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birth of calves, an accident which we can perceive to 

 be the result of debility.' 

 Preven- Many of these ailments sails, sores of every kind. 



tion better J J 



than cure colds, and skin diseases especially might easily be 

 prevented if greater care and attention were displayed 

 in the treatment of the animals, and may safely be put 

 down to ignorance, carelessness, and mismanagement. 

 For their sake and our own let us devoutly hope that 

 a new era is abouj to dawn. As a great proportion of 

 these arise from the same or nearly the same cause, and 

 as the majority of them drift into debility, and finally 

 collapse, it ought to be easy enough to grapple with 

 them. And so it would, if we were only a little more 

 rational in our treatment, and were we to exercise a 

 greater amount of common sense than we do. 

 stomach The stomach is originally responsible for most indis- 



respon- positions, and the skin, which, as we have seen, is badly 

 many ail- ventilated, is an apt assistant, aggravating and pre- 

 disposing to congestion. The first thing to do, then, on 

 First step the prevention principle is to treat the stomach and 

 prevention skin in an ordinarily sensible manner. Give the first 

 mentioned the food which is adapted to it, along with 

 a supply of water sufficient to aid assimilation, at the 

 same time to purify and invigorate the system. Cleanse 

 the second, both externally and internally, so as to 

 ensure all the ventilation possible ; the former by 

 careful grooming, the latter through green soft diet and 

 condition balls. 



The The next thing to do when an animal shows any 



signs of ailing is to take it in hand at once, and not to 

 wait until he has developed a disease, or until he is in 

 the past-cure stage, when it is too late ; and the 



